Should schools check what kids eat?

According to the AP, “A $2 million project being unveiled Wednesday in the lunchroom of a Texas elementary school will use high-tech cameras to photograph what foods children pile onto their trays — and later capture what they don’t finish eating. … Digital imaging analysis of the snapshots will then calculate how many calories each student scarfed down.”

The goal is to make sure that cafeteria food — heavily subsidized by the federal government — is not wasted. The high-tech tool could help schools change menus to get the most bang for the buck.

Opponents are uneasy. They don’t like the idea of Big Brother cameras in school cafeterias, and they think there are other ways to accomplish the same goal without spending so much money.

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